Dungeon Crawler

These are RPGs with less plot and more hack’n’slash. Some have random dungeons, making them infinitely replayable.

Grim Tides - Old School RPG

Grim Tides – Old School RPG

Grim Tides is a slick, made-for mobile RPG and the prequel to Grim Quest. As with that game, the interface is simple and more gamebook/text-base adventure like, but dungeons are
Minute Quest

Minute Quest

Minute Quest is an enormously fun little retro RPG. You travel through the land killing monsters and earning coins and exp, and buying new weapons or armour when you come
Minimal Dungeon RPG

Minimal Dungeon RPG

Minimal Dungeon RPG describes itself as a "simple dungeon crawler" but it actually has a good amount of depth and a cool combat mechanic. Each screen/dungeon room involves tapping on
Grim Quest - Old School RPG

Grim Quest – Old School RPG

Grim Quest is, as it describes itself, an "Old School RPG". But it's nonetheless very original and extremely slick, as well as feature-rich. The interface is simple and reminiscent of
Labyrinth Legen‪d‬

Labyrinth Legen‪d‬

Labyrinth Legen‪d‬ is described as a "Dungeon Quest Action RPG". It features retro graphics and randomly-generated dungeons and loot chests. Each dungeon level is only around 6-10 rooms, and after
Farm Dungeons

Farm Dungeons

Farm Dungeons is a very slick little JPRG where you generate money by growing crops on your farm and explore increasingly challenging dungeon levels. In the dungeons you'll find materials
Soda Dungeon 2

Soda Dungeon 2

The highly anticipated sequel to Soda Dungeon has arrived, and it's a lot of fun. It's the same format: you do up a tavern and hire adventurers to go and
OneBit Adventure

OneBit Adventure

OneBit Adventure is a rogue-like 8-bit dungeon crawler. You fight monsters in a quick turn-based fashion, scavenge for epic loot, and level up your stats to try to survive as
Castle of White Night

Castle of White Night

Castle of White Night is another retro-pixel graphic RPG from Game Stew (devs of the amazing Tower of Fortune series). This latest game isn't a hybrid but a true dungeon-crawler.
Moonshades

Moonshades

Moonshades is a stunning indie dungeon crawler RPG that's made by someone who's a clear fan of the genre. It has everything you could want, with loads of loot and
Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock

A super fun old-style dungeon crawler with the sophisticated enhancements that modern graphics technology enables - "an oldschool heart but a modern execution" - Legend of Grimrock is a beautifully
Lootbox RPG

Lootbox RPG

Lootbox RPG was made by the same dev who made Silversword. It's a 100% IAP-free dungeon crawler with no perma-death and dozens of different items. You kill enemies and open
Card Crawl

Card Crawl

Card Crawl is a card-based dungeon crawler: "a solitaire-style dungeon crawler game played with a modified deck of standard cards." You clear the dungeon of 54 cards by using item-cards, slaying
Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon is a feature-rich, retro rogue-like where you need to work your way down 25 randomly generated dungeon levels to find the Amulet of Yendor. The graphics are lovely
Cardinal Quest 2

Cardinal Quest 2

Cardinal Quest 2 is a neat little roguelike with nice retro graphics. A roguelike obviously means permadeath, but there's a "Morale" inheritance system, perks and achievements to unlock, so it's
Tower of Fortune 3

Tower of Fortune 3

Tower of Fortune has gone full colour for the third instalment of the series, and it looks beautiful while keeping the overall retro style. There's still the tavern with its
Tower of Fortune 2

Tower of Fortune 2

Tower of Fortune 2, the sequel to Tower of Fortune, is a role playing game with combat mechanics drawn from slot machines. You’ll need to earn money to progress, by
Adventure To Fate : Quest To The Future JRPG

Adventure To Fate : Quest To The Future JRPG

A sequel to A Quest to the Core, this is another super cute retro dungeon RPG where you descend levels to face the ultimate evil. This time there are 8 Classes (Mercenary,
Adventure To Fate: A Quest To The Core JRPG

Adventure To Fate: A Quest To The Core JRPG

This is a marvellous little retro game that bills itself as a JRPG but is in fact a dungeon crawler. It was a very simple and satisfying game, nicely balanced
QuestLord

QuestLord

QuestLord is a retro-style RPG, billed as a dungeon crawler, but its wide gameworld, quests and single, overarching story make it much more of a fully-realised, classic RPG. You take
Sword of Fargoal

Sword of Fargoal

This is the iPhone version of the 1982 classic dungeon crawler. It's described as being more accessible than a lot of other dungeon crawlers such as Nethack. It features over
Cavern

Cavern

Cavern is described as a small dungeon crawler in the vein of Rogue and Nethack. It's a new game though - it was built from scratch for the iPhone. The
Solomon's Boneyard

Solomon’s Boneyard

A prequel to Solomon's Keep, Solomon's Boneyard is a dungeon crawler and "survival two-thumb shooter", according to its developer. The mechanics are similar to Solomon's Keep, but it's now an
Doom II RPG

Doom II RPG

While Doom is traditionally considered a FPS/first person shooter, Doom II RPG has more of a focus on strategy and exploration. Combat is turn-based, and the game also features puzzles.
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The Dungeon

The Dungeon is lovely, slick little dungeon crawler that moves at surprisingly and enjoyably high speed. You play one of seven classes, and the object is to return to the
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10000000

10000000 is a Bejewelled-style dungeon-crawler hybrid that has been a runaway success, with its retro style graphics and music. You match-three tiles in a fast-paced game, to hit monsters with
Tower of Fortune

Tower of Fortune

Tower of Fortune is a role playing game with combat mechanics drawn from slot machines. You'll need to earn money to progress, by microtransactions or fighting monsters. There are four
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The Enchanted Cave 2

The Enchanted Cave is a dungeon dive into 100 randomly-generated floors of treasure, monsters and minibosses. There are over 300 unique items and you can also enchant equipment to improve
Soda Dungeon

Soda Dungeon

Soda Dungeon is a hugely addictive dungeon raiding RPG where you hire adventurers in a tavern and send them to fight for you in the nearby dungeon. They’ll find better
Rogue Wizards

Rogue Wizards

Rogue Wizards is described as a "rogue-lite" dungeon crawling RPG, where you can battle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build your own Wizard Tower sanctuary. This enables you to